The bags are set out in the “Board Room” located in the back of the Poker Room, waiting for their rightful owners to arrive and begin to empty them out. All eyes in the poker community are going to be on the action unfolding in this event, with some of the biggest names in tournament poker battling it out for the title. Before the cards get in the air and all of our focus is on the action at the table, here is a look at what remains of Event 18 ($2,500 Borgata Fall Poker Open Championship):

After going from 17 players down to 11 in under an hour, we spent close to 45 minutes getting down to our Fall Poker Open Championship Final Table, and it was the short stack of Michael Wang (Livingston, NJ) who would be sent to the rail in 11th place.

The action was picked up with Paul Volpe raising to 60,000 from the button.

Wang would be in the small blind and would move all-in for close to 500,000, which would get a quick fold from Dan Buzgon in the big blind and an even quicker call from Paul Volpe, putting Wang at risk of being eliminated.

He was not only at risk, but dominated as Volpe held {Ac}{Jd} to Wang’s {Ks}{Jh}.

The board would run out {10s}{10h}{4s}{5h}{6s} and Wang could do nothing but watch as he misses out on the final table by one spot.

Wang was one of Day 1A chip leaders and managed to come back for Day 3 as a better than average stack, but just couldn’t seem to find anything to get going today, getting chipped down slowly but surely until he was finally out of the FPO Championship.

Play is now halted as the remaining ten players will bag up their chips and get a more than twelve hour break before returning to play at 12 PM tomorrow, to play down to a Fall Poker Open Championship winner.

Once the chips are bagged and the Final Table redraw is made, it will be posted here, along with short bios of all ten remaining players in the FPO Championship.

While we don’t have records to back this up, we are going to assume that this is one of the crazier levels in Borgata Championship history as we returned from the dinner break with 17 players and are now just one elimination away from the FPO Championship table after losing Ming Zheng (Germantown, PA) in 11th place.

Ming was moved from Table 1 to Table 2 after the elimination of Brian Morgan and on his first hand at his new table, he was being sent to the rail after moving in from late position with {8c}{3c}.

Ming was the shortest stack at the table, so we are assuming his all-in play was a move to steal the blinds and antes, but he would be called by Mark Sykes in the small blind and then Josh Spiegelman, who was been as quiet as a mouse since we redrew to two tables, moved all-in from the big blind for just over 600,000 and Sykes would call that all-in as well.

Suddenly, there was the chance that two players could be going home, but Spiegelman held the best of it with {Kc}{Kh}.

Sykes held {9s}{9d} and both players everyone flopped well as the board came down {Jc}{10c}{Qh}.

Ming held a flush draw, while Spiegelman and Sykes needed each other to hit a set to make a straight.

None of the draws would matter though, as the board would pair on the turn and the river would brick out.

Giving Spiegelman slightly more than a double up, and sending Ming to the rail in 12th place.

Spiegelman is now playing close to 1,100,000 with Sykes chipped down again with just over 500,000.

Brian Morgan’s final hand was the one that technically knocked him out, but the previous one against Mark Sykes was the one that more or less sent him packing.

The action was picked up with Sykes raising from under the gun and action would fold around to Morgan in the small blind, who would shove for his 650,000.

Sykes would snap call and table {Kc}{Kd}, while Morgan needed help with {Ac}{Qh}.

He’d get a piece of the {10d}{Qh}{4s} flop, but it was the wrong side of Sykes pocket pair, and the turn and river would brick out to give Sykes a valuable double up, and absolutely crippled Morgan as he was left with just under 100,000 chips.

Morgan would be eliminated on the very next hand, while Sykes is now back up to the chip average, after being cut down by Larry Abrams when play returned from the dinner break.

While Morgan missed out on a pay jump, this is the biggest score of his career, and puts him over the $75,000 mark in career tournament earnings.

Play is now six handed at each table, with just two more eliminations until we have our Fall Poker Open Championship.

The action has been fast and furious, as we have had bust outs nearly every few minutes.

The latest short stacked victim to hit the rail, was Mike Dentale (Brooklyn, NY).

The action wasn’t picked up, but what was seen was Dentale shaking his head and Brian Morgan taking in the chips with {Ad}{Ah} tabled in front of him.

Dentale, who seemed to have the support of nearly everyone in Event 20 as they returned from the dinner break, could be heard laughing, saying, “Just aces, just aces.” in between handshakes and hugs from the dozen of Borgata regulars there to show their support.

Dentale was hampered by a short stack for much of the last few hours, and the rest of the table is certainly happy to see him go, as he said when he came back from the dinner break, “Just one double and you’re all in trouble.”

He wouldn’t get the chance and makes his best live cash since last years Fall Poker Open Championship, when he finished 15th for just over $14,000.

He bested that position today, but will make slightly less, $13,289, for his efforts.

The action was picked up at Table 1 with Aristedes Santana (Yonkers, NY) all-in and at risk, with Brian Altman and Larry Abrams fighting for a side pot, but also content to “check it down” with such a valuable pay jump hanging in the balance.

There would only be a bet from Altman on the flop, which Abrams would call and the turn and river went check, check.

The board would read {As}{Ks}{Kc}{8c}{6c} with Altman turning over {Kd}{9d}, good enough to win the pot.

Santana would grimace and muck, before being eliminated in 16th place.

Santana has put together a fantastic FPO series, managing four deep runs, culminating with his $9,967 score in this Championship event.

Altman and Abrams are still leading the way with 15 players remaining.